Share your experience #QMtropics Welcome to Queensland Museum Tropics. Discover the natural and cultural heritage of North Queensland. museum.qld.gov.au/tropics
The museum houses permanent and changing exhibitions and also provides in-depth education experiences, innovative public programs, early childhood activities and entertaining holiday activities. Behind the scenes, the museum is home to thousands of objects, specimens and artefacts that tell the changing story of Queensland.
01/06/2026
💥 Get ready to unleash the power of science! ⚙️
Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW! opens on Saturday 13 June 2026 and is packed with circuits, gears, gravity, motion and more.
From creating chemical reactions to suspending a ball in mid-air, explore the surprising science that powers our planet and makes things move.
Spark your curiosity and find out more: https://bit.ly/ZapClankPow
📷: Questacon
30/05/2026
We’re hiring! 👋
We're looking for a passionate and engaging Casual Visitor Experience Officer to join our team!
This forward-facing role is all about delivering exceptional visitor engagement and enhancing the overall visitor experience. We’re seeking someone who has local knowledge or a strong interest in North Queensland’s environment and history.
You’ll need to be available on weekdays.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
📧 Email your resume to [email protected]
Help us preserve Queensland’s treasures for future generations.
Dr Espen Knutsen's treasure is this 100-million-year-old juvenile plesiosaur, discovered in western Queensland by the “Rock Chicks” - a fossil hunting family.
Now being carefully prepared at Queensland Museum, this rare fossil is helping unlock new clues about ancient marine life.
Donate today to Take Care of a Treasure → bit.ly/QM-Treasure-Plesiosaur
It might not look like a treasure in the traditional sense, but meet the giant isopod, the deep-sea scavenger that looks like it crawled straight out of a sci-fi movie 👀🌊
And it's Dr Marissa McNamara's favourite! This incredible specimen is part of Queensland Museum’s Crustacea Collection, helping researchers uncover the secrets of life in the deep sea.
Donate now to help take care of treasures like this for future generations 💙
Choose your Treasure: https://bit.ly/49tTNWR
Scientists have described two new species of cleaner wrasse - the iconic “doctors of the reef” 🐠🔬
Despite being one of the most studied fish on coral reefs, these charismatic reef cleaners were hiding in plain sight…including one species discovered living up to 145 metres deep in the reef twilight zone.
By combining fieldwork, museum collections and advanced DNA sequencing, researchers from Australian Museum, Queensland Museum and JCU: James Cook University, Australia uncovered these surprising new species.
27/05/2026
This National Reconciliation Week, join us for a celebration of Culture and Country.
🌿 Yarning Series: Conversation that connect - Aunty Gail Mabo: On Reconciliation and Legacy
Friday 29 May, 12pm-1pm, Free
🛍️ Blak Art Markets
Saturday 30 May, 9am-1pm, Free
Plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3RFjtth
26/05/2026
Today, on National Sorry Day, we reflect on the strength and resilience of the Stolen Generations, and acknowledge the ongoing journey of healing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families and communities.
Queensland Museum honours the stories and experiences of the Stolen Generations, recognises the enduring impacts of past policies and injustices, and celebrates the histories, cultures and voices of First Nations peoples.
Pictured is a Sorry Book from the Queensland Museum Collection, containing messages and signatures from community members who expressed their support for reconciliation and acknowledged the pain caused by colonisation and the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.
Learn more about Queensland Museum’s First Nations initiatives and programs: bit.ly/3V41n3u
25/05/2026
Join us this Saturday for Blak Art Markets!
Featuring performances, workshops, and stallholders selling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and crafts.
PROGRAM:
🎸 Music from Rudy Matoy
🎨 9:30am-10:30am: Dot Art jewellery making
🖌️10:30am-11:30am: Boomerang painting
🌿12pm-1pm: Weaving activity
Free entry: https://bit.ly/4urag6n
Workshops and performances proudly supported by The University of Queensland.
24/05/2026
Our scientists, along with colleagues from the Australian Museum, have helped identify two new-to-science species of Cleaner Wrasse! 🐟 These "tiny doctors" of the reef remove parasites and debris from larger fish at underwater cleaning stations.
Using advanced DNA analysis and micro-CT scanning, Queensland Museum Principal Scientist and JCU: James Cook University, Australia Associate Professor Dr Peter Cowman and collaborators uncovered species hidden in plain sight including:
The Cinnabar Cleaner Wrasse (Named by school students!) and The Goldenrod Cleaner Wrasse, found living deep in the reef’s mysterious “Twilight Zone”.
It just shows that even some of the world's most studied reef fish can still surprise researchers!
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